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Can the AMD Ryzen AI Max (Strix Halo) run WHISPER small?

FULL

2.9 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

~30GB usable · RDNA3.5 (Strix Halo) · model file 0.9GB · small

~170–240 tok/s

computed roofline: 256 GB/s × 0.60–0.85 efficiency window / 0.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER small on instead

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER small fully ($110)

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